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Davenport Native and Best-Selling Author Randy Wayne White to Visit QC

Submitted by Jodie Toohey, Midwest Writing Center Blogger

Monday, March 4th, 2013, 10:20am

Davenport Native and Best-Selling Author Randy Wayne White to Visit QC

Thanks to a grant from the Scott County Regional Authority, the Midwest Writing Center is excited to bring Davenport native and New York Times best-selling author Randy Wayne White back to the Quad Cities. White will serve as the keynote speaker at MWC's Literary Awards Banquet on March 16th at The Outing Club. The event will include dinner and a celebration of the literary arts in the Quad Cities. Cost for this event is $40 and reservations are due by March 11th. A cocktail hour with a cash bar starts at 6 p.m with dinner served at 7 p.m.

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Learn the skills that can save a life: Red Cross offers CPR courses

Submitted by Sharon Torri, Web Producer

Thursday, February 21st, 2013, 10:30am

Learn the skills that can save a life: Red Cross offers CPR courses

MOLINE, Ill.--Each year, more than 5 million people learn how to save a life in American Red Cross training classes and people in the Quad Cities can join the ranks of these everyday heroes by taking a class now.

The First Aid and CPR/AED course teaches people how to perform CPR and use an AED, what to do if someone is choking, and how to prevent and respond to other emergencies until advanced medical help arrives. Course participants also learn how to control bleeding as well as how to care for seizures and other sudden illnesses.

The American Red Cross is offering the following courses:

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Photos: Mug shots from Quad City-area arrests

Submitted by Sharon Torri, Web Producer

Friday, February 15th, 2013, 9:39am

Claudette McDowell courtesy of scottcountyiowa.com

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Learn the skills that can save a life: Red Cross offers CPR courses

Submitted by Sharon Torri, Web Producer

Thursday, February 14th, 2013, 10:30am

The American Red Cross is offering the following courses:

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Local Army Major shines light on military suicides

Submitted by Sharon Torri, Web Producer

Wednesday, February 13th, 2013, 8:54am

DAVENPORT, Iowa--A local Army man is speaking out on military suicides and getting national attention.

People Magazine recently did a feature on Army Major Jeff Hall, of Davenport, as a way to address the growing epidemic that’s got military leaders looking for answers.

Pencil and paper help Hall sort through the images that cloud his head after two tours in Iraq.

Drawings, some of which are gruesome, illustrate his struggle with post-traumatic stress disorder.

“It’s very therapeutic just to get it out,” said Hall.

This hidden talent may never have been discovered.

“I hated everything, I hated myself and that level of hate paralyzed me,” he said.

Hall’s wife of more than 20 years, Sheri, still remembers the day she feared the worst would happen five years ago.

“When he said he didn’t want to live anymore, he wanted to die,” said Hall. “Two deployments to Iraq and I’d never feared for his life.”

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